Sabathia pitches Indians past A's

Tuesday

Jun 26, 2007 at 12:01 AM

CLEVELAND (AP) — C.C. Sabathia joined Boston's Josh Beckett as the majors' only 11-game winners and finally beat his hometown team again, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 5-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.

CLEVELAND (AP) — C.C. Sabathia joined Boston's Josh Beckett as the majors' only 11-game winners and finally beat his hometown team again, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 5-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.

Sabathia (11-2) allowed nine hits in his second complete game this month. He struck out eight and didn't walk a batter, continuing an impressive run of great control and command of his pitches. In his last 14 starts, Sabathia has walked only 11 and not more than one in any outing. He has 89 strikeouts over the same span.

Ryan Garko drove in two runs with a fourth-inning double off Chad Gaudin (6-3), and Travis Hafner homered for Cleveland, just 11-12 in June.

Bonderman (8-1) allowed four runs — two earned — and seven hits in six innings. He struck out a season-high nine, but walked four, matching the total in his last five starts combined, and made a key third-inning error.

Bonderman's last loss came in Minnesota on Sept. 10. His unbeaten streak ended one short of Bobo Newsom's 67-year-old team record.

Kameron Loe (4-6) had his third straight strong outing since giving up nine runs in 2 2-3 innings against Detroit on June 7.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rookie Andy Gonzalez went 4-for-5 and drove in two runs to help the struggling White Sox snap a five-game losing streak.

Jim Thome, Paul Konerko and Josh Fields also drove in runs for the White Sox, who finished with 12 hits — two shy of their season high — after being limited to two runs and two extra-base hits while losing three straight to the crosstown Cubs over the weekend.

Left-hander John Danks (4-6) allowed four runs and four hits in five innings to win for the time in more than a month. Bobby Jenks earned his 19th save in 21 opportunities with a perfect ninth.

Casey Fossum (5-7) took the loss.

MINNEAPOLIS — Matt Stairs hit Toronto's third homer of the game in the eighth inning, a two-run shot that broke a tie and lifted the Blue Jays over the Twins.

Roy Halladay (9-2) won his fifth straight decision and the Blue Jays got consecutive homers from Vernon Wells and Alex Rios in extending their winning streak to a season-high four games.

Matt Guerrier (1-3), who had not allowed a run in his previous 10 appearances, gave up three runs and four hits in 1 1-3 innings.

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